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    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Margaret McCRORY
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday December 6, 1965 Margaret McCrory. Holton.--Margaret Janet McCRORY, 83, Holton, died Sunday in a hospital here after a short illness. She was born May 19, 1882, at Clarinda, Iowa, and had lived at Holton the past 16 years. Earlier she lived in Iowa and in the Half Mound community in Atchison County. She was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Denison. Survivors include a brother, Henry McCrory, Denison, and four sisters, Mrs. Mary BROWN, Carbondale, Mrs. Sadie BRAUM, Denison, Mrs. Martha SMITH, Superior, Neb., and Mrs. Florence MASSEY, Holton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton. Burial will be in Denison Cemetery.

    12/11/2007 10:55:49
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Harry J. BUFF
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday December 6, 1965 Harry J. Buff. Harry J. BUFF, 71, 1515 Polk, died Sunday in a Topeka hospital after a long illness. He was born June 20, 1894 in Topeka and spent most of his life in Topeka. He was in the automobile business in Topeka and was manager of Topeka's Municipal Airport several years. He later worked at the Topeka Public Library before he retired. His wife, Mrs. Maude K. Buff, of the home, survives. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

    12/11/2007 10:52:22
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Lynn CLARK
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday December 6, 1965 Lynn Clark. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary for Lynn CLARK, 74, 507 Fillmore who died Saturday in a Kansas City, Mo., hospital. She was born July 12, 1891 in Topeka, the daughter of James Clark and Margaret Coulter Clark. She spent most of her life in Topeka. She was employed by Hall Lithographing Company 47 years before she retired in 1956. She was a member of the First Congregational Church over 50 years and was a membr of the Beulah Chapter No. 34, Order of the Eastern Star. A sister, Hazel CLARK, Kansas City, Mo., survives. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. Miss Clark will lie in state at the mortuary until time for services.

    12/11/2007 10:49:42
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Mildred F. SHULTZ
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday December 6, 1965 Mrs. Mildred F. Shultz, 61, 415 N. Ohio, died of cancer Sunday, in a Topeka hospital. She was born April 17, 1904, at Kirwin in Phillips County and had lived in Topeka 43 years. She was a member of Central Church of Christ. She was a practical nurse and had worked at Brewster Place, 1205 W. 29th. She was married to J.Dewey Shultz, June 8, 1921 at Burlington. Besides her husband, survivors include four sons, Dale E. Shultz, of the home, Don M. Shultz, Oklahoma City, Okla., Larry D. Shultz, Concord, Calif., and Ron D. Shultz, Abilene, Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Cleva HAWKS, 935 Winfield; two brothers, Arthur BENTON, Littleton, Colo., and Owen R. Benton, Salem, Ore.; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

    12/11/2007 10:46:07
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Mrs. Justine Thelma CUNNINGHAM
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday December 6, 1965 Topekan, 60, Is Found Dead. Mrs. Justine Thelma CUNNINGHAM, 60, was found dead Sunday in a corner of the garage at her home, 2321 Harrison. Dr. J.L. Lattimore, district coroner, said cause of death hasn't been determined pending completion of chemical tests. He explained the engine of the car in the garage was not running and there was no evidence of carbon monoxide. He said Mrs. Cunningham was wearing a thin dress and teh garage was not heated. Mrs. Cunningham had last been seen about 10:45 p.m. Saturday, he said. Mrs. Cunningham was born Jan. 24, 1905, at Lutesville, Mo., before moving to Topeka in 1952. She was a member of the Central Congregational Church. Survivors include her husband, Paul E. Cunningham of the home; a son, Robert M. LePage, Vallejo, Calif.; a daughter, Linda Cunningham, at home; and two granddaughters. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    12/11/2007 10:39:40
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Harriet E. POOLER
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday December 5, 1965 Harriet E. Pooler. Service arrangements are pending for Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home for Mrs. Harriet E. POOLER, 73, 1332 Tyler, who died Saturday at at Topeka hospital after a short illness. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. She was born Aug. 25, 1892, at Abilene and had lived in Topeka 62 years. She was a member of Central Park Christian Church. Her husband, Ralph R. Pooler, died in 1942. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Harriet L. SAWYER, Modesto, Calif.; three sons, Robert R. Pooler, 1836 Prairie Road, Harold N. Pooler, San Fernando, Calif., and Edward E. Pooler, Greensburg; a sister, Frances Brennaman, of the home; and eight grandchildren.

    12/11/2007 10:11:47
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Alice GRIFFITHS
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday December 5, 1965 Alice Griffiths. Alice Adelia GRIFFITHS, 88, 725 Topeka, died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital following a short illness. She was born Sept. 13, 1877 at Fort Scott. She has lived in Topeka since 1900. She is a member of the Rebekah Lodge, the D.U.V., the Women's Relief Corps No. 17 and the First Lutheran Church. She is survived by a son, Ray ULSH, Leawood; two stepsons, William Hall Griffiths, 1519 Lane, and Norman Griffiths, 3939 Rochester Road; one sister, Mrs. Ralph MILLER, Southgate, Calif.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Penwell-Gabel Chapel, with burial in Topeka Cemetery.

    12/11/2007 10:07:51
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; R.J. SIMMONS
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday December 5, 1965 R.J. Simmons Dies at 62; Rites Tuesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary for Russell J. SIMMONS, 62, who died Saturday at his home, 200 Hillside Drive. He was born Nov. 16, 1903 at Sharon Springs in Wallace County. He lived at Allen in Lyon County before moving to Topeka in 1931. He was a member of the Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church. He was a barber in Topeka form 1931 to 1942 and had been supervisor of building operators for the Topeka Board of Education the past 23 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gladys Simmons, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Loren SLATER, Hutchinson; a son, Loren Simmons, 156 W. 27th; a brother, Roy Simmons, Ponca City, Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Lint, Santa Cruz, Calif., Mrs. Lula Viergever, Route 8, and Mrs. Lola Simmons, Clay Center; and four grandchildren. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church.

    12/07/2007 10:45:35
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Effie SMITH
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday December 5, 1965 Effie Smith. Burlingame.--Mrs. Effie May SMITH, 79, died Saturday at her home here. She was born May 28, 1886 at Burlingame and spent most of her life in the Burlingame community. She was a member of the Baptist Church. She was married to David Smith, Dec. 27, 1903. He died in 1950. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Hazel WILSON, Huntington, W.Va., and Mrs. Maizie LUNDGREN, Lawrence; a son, Roland Smith, Burlingame; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Carey Funeral Home at Burlingame. Burial will be in Burlingame Cemetery.

    12/07/2007 10:40:24
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Roscoe CASEBIER
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday December 4, 1965 Roscoe Casbier Is Dead; Services Set for Sunday. Winchester.--Roscoe CASEBIER, 90, Winchester, died Friday at a hospital here. He was born April 14, 1875 near Oskaloosa and spent most of his life in Jefferson County. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Winchester. he was a retired farmer. Survivors include a son, Earl Casebier, 2145 Virginia, Topeka; two brothers, Bert Casebier, Oskaloosa and Ernest Casebier, 220 W. Holview Road, Topeka; and three sisters, Mrs. Maude COUNCIL and Mrs. Birdie ALEXANDER, both of Oskaloosa and Mrs. Elsie WELLMAN, 1181 College, Topeka. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist Church at Winchester with burial in Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery at Winchester. Hampton Funeral Home at Oskaloosa Is in charge of arrangements.

    12/07/2007 10:35:03
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Fred DOBBINS
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday December 4, 1965 Fred Dobbins Dies; Final Rites Sunday. Valley Falls.---Fred E. DOBBINS, 80, died Friday at a hotel here where he had lived the past three years. He was born Nov. 3, 1885 at Pleasant Hill, Mo., where he was a member of the Christian Church. He worked for Rock Island and Missouri Pacific Railroads before he retired. Survivors include two sons, Jesse Dobbins, Valley Falls, and Harry E. Dobbins, Independence, Mo.; a daughter Mrs. Ethel THOMAS, Bell, Calif.; two brothers, Walter Dobbins, Hines, Ill., and Harry Dobbins, Indianapolis, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Virgil HUFFMAN, Pleasant Hill, Mo., and Mrs. Minne NICLOFF, Gravois, Mo.; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hagge Funeral Home at Valley Falls and at 2 p.m. Monday at Stanley Funera Home at Pleasant Hill, Mo. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill, Mo.

    12/07/2007 10:30:22
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Helen D. SLOOP
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday December 4, 1965 Helen D. Sloop Dies at 67; Rites Sunday. Mrs. Helen Duff SLOOP, 67, died Friday at her home, 2700 Wisconsin, after a long illness. She was born May 22, 1896 at Lyndon and had lived in Topeka since 1942. She was a member of the Methodist Chruch and Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter No. 466, both at Lyndon. Suvivors include here husband, Charles H. Sloop, of the home; two sons, Max (Bud) Sloop, 3406 Westwood Drive, and Charles E. Sloop, 2226 Burnett Road; a daughter, Margaret Sloop, Winfield; a sister, Mrs. mabel ANSTAETT, Osage City; a brother Alvin Duff, 1148 Medford; and four grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist Church at Lyndon. Burial will be in Lyndon Cemetery. Shaffer Mortuary at Lyndon is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be makde Baker University.

    12/07/2007 10:24:38
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Marriage Licenses; Topeka; December 4, 1965
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday December 4,1965 Marriage Licenses. John R. HABERACKER, Topeka, and Barbara K. TODD, Topeka. Kenneth R. HUGHES, Topeka, and Carol A. GAFFORD, Topeka. Brian A. HAUGH, Topeka, and Doris A. CASE, Topeka.

    12/05/2007 02:53:13
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Weldon B. SKIDMORE
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday December 3, 1965 Weldon B. Skidmore. Weldon B. SKIDMORE, 62, 2637 Pennsylvania, died Thursday afternoon in a local hospital. Born in Fort Scott Aug. 5, 1903, he had lived in Topeka since 1928. He was a serviceman for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., for more than 35 years. Mr. Skidmore was a member of the Methodist Church, Oriental Lodge, No. 51, AF&AM, York Rite Bodies, Scottish Rite and the Arab Shrine. Survivors include his wife, Eula, of the home; a borther, Linus Skidmore, 1229 Oakland; and a sister, Mrs. Ruby HURD, 1229 Oakland. Services will be announced by Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home.

    12/05/2007 02:51:25
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Ella Nora BUELL
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday December 3, 1965 Ella Nora Buell. Services for Mrs. Ella Nora BUELL, 80, 1529 Topeka, will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in Penwell-Gabel Chapel with burial in Topeka Cemetery. She died Wednesday in a Topeka hospital. Mrs. Buell was born July 11, 1885, in Cottonwood Falls and had been a resident of Topeka many years. Her husband, Albert E. Buell, died Feb. 14, 1865. Survivors include a nephew, John E. MANN, 390 Tara; and two nieces, Mrs. Bernice SHREVES, Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Velma COUNTER, Oakland, Calif.

    12/05/2007 02:48:01
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Alyse MITCHELL
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday December 3, 1965 Alyse Mitchell Is Dead at 77. Mrs. Aylse I. MITCHELL, 77, 1211 Clay, died Thursday evening in a local hospital. She was born April 26, 1888, in Hamburg, Iowa, and had lived most of her life in Topeka. She was a member of the Kansas Avenue Methodist Church. Surviors include two sons, Archie C. Mitchell, 1211 Clay and Ora Mitchell, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Bernadetta MAXWELL, Chicago; a sister, Mrs. May JACKSON, Indiana; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be announced by Parker Mortuary, and burial will be in Half Day Cemetery, Elmont.

    12/05/2007 02:45:02
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Charles E. PRICE
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday December 3, 1965 Charles E. Price Dies Here at 48. Charles E. PRICE, 48, 2501 Duncan Drive, died Thursday afternoon in a local hospital following a long illness. Born Feb. 26, 1917, in Glen Elder, he had been a resident of Topeka for about 20 years. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Local 307 of the United Metal Workers of America and was employed by Goodyear. Survivors include his wife, Mary R. Price, of the home; a son, Karl D. Price, Phoenix, Ariz.; a daughter, Mrs. Karen BULGER, 1021 Strait; a brother Donald Price, 1317 N. Van Buren; his mother, Mrs. Burt Billings, 1317 N. Van Buren; and five grandchildren. Services will be announced by Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home.

    12/05/2007 02:35:38
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Marriage Licenses: Topeka: December 3, 1965
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday December 3, 1965 Marriage Licenses. John M. FETTERHOOF, Topeka, and Mary L. CHINBERG, Topeka. Kenny D. McGUIRE, Topeka, and Barbara S. McCALL, Topeka. Gerald D. CHARLES, Topeka, and Lorraine M. POSTUSTA, Topeka. Oren E. LIPE, Topeka, Beverly L. HOLCOMB, Mayetta. Jerry E. WILLIAMS, Topeka, and Phyllis J. ALLEN, Topeka. Donald M. COLLIER, Topeka, and Judith K. ERWIN, Topeka. Otto F. YILANDER, Topeka, and Barbara E. STEWART, Topeka.

    12/04/2007 03:07:01
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Charles McCOY
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday December 2, 1965 McCoy Rites Set Friday. Services for Charles McCOY, 71, 1169 Webster, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Penwell-Gabel Chapel with burial in the Topeka Cemetery. He died of a shotgun wound at his home Wednesday. Dr. J.L. Lattimore, district coroner said the wound was self-inflicted. Born Oct. 21, 1894, in Topeka, he began his career with the Santa Fe Railway at Albuquerque, N.M, in 1911. He was stationed at Las Vegas, N.M., Belen, N.M, and Kansas City beofre returning to Topeka in1939 at roundhouse foreman. He retired Feb. 29, 1965. He was a member of the Topeka Masonic Lodge No. 17, AF&AM, the Scottish Rite Bodies of Topeka, the Arab Temple Shrine, and The Santa Fe Retired Employes Club. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hilda McCoy, of the home; and a son, Donald McCoy, Kansas City. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    12/04/2007 03:03:37
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Dora BOEGER
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday December 2, 1965 Dora Boeger, Topeka, Dies; Rites Pending. Services are pending for Mrs. Dora L. BOEGER, 822 W. 6th, who died Wednesday morning at her home. She was born May 17, 1870, in Pennslyvania and was a resident of Topeka, 54 years. She was a member of the Holy Name Catholic Church. Her husband, Charles J. Boeger, died in 1947. Survivors include a son, Paul J. Boeger, 729 Horne; two daughters, Mrs. Corlis HATHAWAY, 1323 College and Frances Boeger of the home; a sister, Mrs. Mary Richards, Weatherly, Pa.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Brennan Funeral Home will announce arrangements.

    12/04/2007 02:58:31